"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others it is in yourself alone."

"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers."

"The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action."

"To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success."

"In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?"

"Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups."

"For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank."

"Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society."